so, i am really hoping at least one person links up today. if not, i will be crushed and won’t be able to go on. okay, maybe not but i would really love to build a circle of strength. i made a handy dandy “wiw” button if you want to add it to your blog or even just your post (the code is on the sidebar under “grab it”)
i am turning a new page. this year i will be thirty, actually in 171 days to be exact. in the past three years i have been pregnant for twenty of those thirty-six months. my body has gone through hell and back and then back to hell again. while i love my children more than life itself i am not happy where my body has gone and i think this is a legitimate statement for any mom. i know i will never get my smokin’ hot twenty-five-year-old bod back but i want to feel good about myself. after i had payton i shared my journey on the jillian diet, it worked, i lost the weight and had all but fifteen pounds left to my goal and then i got knocked up again. i only gained thirty pounds this time around which was half of what i gained with payton. i have only lost ten post-partum which is depressing but i am not worried about it. i gave myself until the new year to start my journey, the journey to a new me.
i am never one to stick to a diet, i often laugh at myself because before kids i could eat whatever i wanted. i went to the gym three to five days a week and i was working full-time. now, i am not working (for the time being) and i haven’t made it to the gym yet because spending an extra hour with the babes is more precious to me, but who am i kidding? i still have to protect my body if i want to live long enough to see my great-grand babies.
everyone from your neighbor to the little old lady you run into at the grocery store has made a resolution for weight loss. so, why am i any different? why should you keep reading? because i am asking for virtual support. i would love if you would come back every week and tell me how you are doing. today starts my first day on dr. mike moreno’s, the 17 day diet. i have never been excited about a crash diet, because let’s be honest they never last and by day two you are a hot mess wanting to jump feet first into a jar of hot fudge. this diet seems to be the “right” one for me. i can eat whatever i want as long as if fits into the guidelines for cycle one. last night i went to the grocery store with my handy-dandy list which wasn’t any different from my regular grocery list, it just had items with fat-free in front of it and there were no crispy-fried potato chips. which we might or might not have polished off an entire bag of ruffles with onion dip and a cheese pizza in preparation to empty our pantry and freezer. don’t judge, you know you’ve done the same at least once in your life.
so, here’s the deal. today i started the 17-day diet. i have eaten half of my grapefruit, my lemon water and my scrambled eggs with onions and peppers. i am getting ready to peel myself off of my couch to enjoy the 80 degree january weather us so-cal residents are blessed with to walk to target to purchase a new scale. i am going to share recipes, my journey and my numbers with you. because let’s be real, you all love making yourself feel better by reading how fat someone else is. that is, unless you want to come back each week and link up to share your own numbers! which, i would love and you would make me feel uber special by sharing your journey with me.
each wednesday we are going to link-up to my weigh-in wednesday, sound good? so get your stories ready, your real numbers typed in and come back tomorrow for our first weigh-in wednesday. i hope there are a few of you who are with me on this! puuurrttyy-please!?
see ya manana!
my haul last night. everything from: agave, flax seed oil, ruby red grapefruit, fat-free feta, eggs, veggies and I mean a ton of veggies, apples, green tea, turkey burgers, water, truvia, sauerkraut and some chicken. sounds okay, right?!
breakfast day one. two scrambled eggs with kroger brand peppers & onion mix and half a ruby red.
even payton got in on the action but she wanted lots of cheese, which i am okay with. she even ate one segment of the grapefruit. it’s doable people!
I was lucky enough to spend the last night of the new year with these women. I love them, seriously. After being in the same circle of friends for over five years I am thankful for all the mornings we had play dates with enough venti chai’s, venti green tea lattes and venti black teas to line the California coastline this past year. They are my rock.
of course our husbands were there, sipping on craft beer and wearing plastic top hats to humor us (can’t you tell how happy joel & jim are?)
janelle made yummy to.die.for artisan pizzas and tessa might have made some serious crack dip.
i made the kiddos countdown bags and we had fun hats for the wee ones.
the kids opened up their Christmas presents, ate muddy buddies, played with glow sticks and tore apart their countdown bags all over the saldua household.
charlie showing his pure and utter excitement for 2012, gigi giving us her gorgeous smile and payton acting like she doesn’t care to pose.
did i mention how much i love their kids, too?
after our scrumptious dinner we ate my high caloric kahlua cheesecake and sipped on some dom for our east coast countdown which turned into us listening to gaga and creating our own countdown to entertain the kiddos.
we called it a night at ten, headed home, put our wee-ones to bed and fell asleep holding hands across payton’s body right before eleven. i wouldn’t change it for the world.
and just because this sums our relationship up to a tee!
(all pictures high jacked from tessa at www.grinandshareitphoto.com)
happy 2012!
oh! and did i mention that janelle started a blog? go read her two posts, become a follower and stay to see what she writes about, she’s pretty funny. plus, we have a goal to go to blogher ’12 in nyc.
I think I learned a major lesson this year, stop holding such high expectations on everything. This should really hold true everyday for me but this year’s Christmas was the biggest sign. After we celebrated Payton’s birthday one week prior I was so excited over her enthusiasm and excitement that I could.not.wait for Christmas morning. A few days before Christmas I was baking cookies, cinnamon rolls, a cheesecake, attempting to wrap packages, etc. while Jim was having to lay with Payton because she waking up screaming all throughout the night, not to mention we do have a newborn to watch over as well. The early hours of Christmas Eve we were both working into the wee hours to make sure we had everything ready to head up to my parents house. I had just wanted to take a nap for two hours before packing our belongings and the car, but as things always go, we both overslept. It was a mad dash to get the car packed to get to my parents in time to head to my aunt’s in Irvine for lunch. After a stressful two hours we did it and we made it to my parents and we were soon on our way back down the mountain after only being there for 15 minutes. It was when we arrived that we realized that the stocking stuffer bag had been left at our house, I was devastated and I entered into one of my moods. I felt like her Christmas was ruined and it wasn’t until I woke-up from a mini nap on the 55 freeway that I realized I was acting silly. My exhaustion took the best of me and I made the most of the lunch with my entire family with my aunt whom I had not seen since the day before I knew I was preggo with Payton. This is what the holidays are supposed to be, while it was hectic and a bit stressful with all the kids Christmas Eve was the Holiday we always spent with my Grandma Barr and being in her home made the holiday that more magical. We were soon on our way back to grandma and papa’s house and as soon as we walked through the door Payton threw-up all over the floor and herself. I moved her quickly to the bathtub and then let her open a gift which was her Christmas pj’s. She wanted to go ni-night so I took her to my old room and we fell into a deep slumber until the Christmas sun warmed the room. Payton seemed so excited, trying to wake me up by yelling “up! mama, up!” I moved my hiney as fast as I could up the stairs and then the attitude started. Everything I envisioned for Christmas morning was shot, the stocking was not taken down from the mantel and it took a lot of coercing for her to open presents. She would open one and want it opened to play with and once she saw it out of the box she was ready for the next gift. We ate breakfast and once she got some eggies in her tummy she got a little more into it but her face was turning beat red and snot was dripping from her nose! We played with her new train set and then she wanted to take a nap which ended up lasting three hours. Once her and daddy awoke from their morning nap she was ready for her day, she played and we got dressed to head to auntie’s house. The rest of the evening was great because she was with her cousins in the chaos that always goes on. In the end, the day wasn’t that bad, I just have learned to let everything go with the flow. Hiccups are always going to happen when you have children, they get sick, they throw temper tantrums, and let’s face it, they sense the stress. Next year, I am starting in July and will have everything done by black Friday. I am holding myself to this!
I truly hope you all had a great holiday, as much as it may seem like we didn’t, we did. Being with family, relaxing and enjoying one another’s company is what it’s all about! Plus, give me my fav Yorkshire pudding, a nice slice of prime rib with fluffy horseradish cream and I am one happy woman!
